FMC Signs Exclusive Agreement for Access to New Patented Fungicide

1:02 PM MST | February 8, 2012 | Rebecca Coons

FMC says it has signed an exclusive distribution and development agreement with Consumo em Verde (CEV) Biotecnologia das Plantas, S.A. (Lisbon, Portugal) for the fungicidal active ingredient Blad. Under the terms of the deal, FMC Agricultural Products Group will develop and market the fungicide in the U.S. and Canada as Problad Plus for all crop and non-crop uses. Problad Plus was developed over the past 10 years by researchers at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) at Lisbon University (Lisbon, Portugal). The fungicide is effective on a broad...